Araceae
Sign in to saveThe Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also known as the arum family, members are often colloquially known as aroids. This family of 114 genera and about 3,750 known species is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and northern temperate regions.
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The Araceae, commonly called the arum family, are flowering plants with a distinctive flower arrangement where tiny blooms cluster on a spike-like structure called a spadix, often surrounded by a leaf-like bract called a spathe. This large family of over 3,750 species is found worldwide but is especially abundant in tropical regions of the Americas.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAlismatales
- FamilyAraceae
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- Instance of
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- Parent taxon
- Alismatales
- Image
- Arum flower.jpg
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- Fossil record
- Food plants
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The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also known as the arum family, members are often colloquially known as aroids. This family of 114 genera and about 3,750 known species is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and northern temperate regions.
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